NICs not receiving DHCP configuration?

z-lite · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 76

Hi, I just installed Gentoo Linux 1.4 (woohoo!) but I am having problems installing/setting up my network. It was working fine when I used

net-setup eth0
net-setup eth1

during the installation of Linux from DHCP but now, no more network. I have an Intel PRO/100+ Server Adapter (PCI) and RealTek NIC (onboard). When I did

emerge e100
modprobe e100

It says "init_module: no such device". Does anyone have suggestions on how to get my NICs to work properly (sending DHCP request and have the e100 module be used for my Intel NIC)

UberLord · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:37 pm Post subject:

Boot off the LiveCD again setup networking
make sure it works and then do a lsmod
Look for your network driver
Try modprobing that after rebooting into your installation

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

did you installed hotplug and made it run at boot?
If you didn't than you must put the nic's modules in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 for them to be loaded at boot time.

z-lite · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 76

I did the emerge hotplug during installation and rc-update, but I'm still the nub at linux. How can I check if it's set to run at boot?

When I ran the LiveCD, it said eepro100 and "used by" was 1. When I rebooted, it says eepro100 and "used by" is set to 0.

How can I have the Intel module load for my PCI NIC and the default (generic?) module be used for the RealTek adapter?

z-lite · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 76

I added e100 to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 and rebooted. It says that the module was loaded successfully but when it came for

Bringing eth0 up

It said that the needed services were not running, in particular, netmount was not started. How can I obtain this "netmount"?

malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762